In Tsinghua Park, Wu Qingbo Li Mingcheng was standing on his own platform with a depressed face, looking at the Yuquan Mountains in the northwest. From south to north, Yuquan Mountain, which is connected by six peaks, is dotted with snow, like a white dragon. In the past, such a beautiful scenery would surely make the people on stage feel refreshed.

However, today's Li Mingcheng is not intoxicated at all, "Such a beautiful scenery, I don't know who will enjoy it in the future." ”

Li Mingcheng, who stood here for an unknown amount of time, finally felt a little emotion in his heart, and he withdrew his gaze from the mountains in the distance, and looked at the first garden in Kyoto, which covers an area of hundreds of acres and is built around the water.

Tall trees can be seen everywhere in the garden, and purple bamboos transplanted from the south form a forest. If in summer, just listening to the sound of the wind howling in the bamboo forest has already made the heat completely disappear.

In addition to these bamboo and wood genera, there are countless flower beds in the whole garden. At the turn of spring and summer every year, the flowers bloom one after another, and the Tsinghua Garden is a world of beautiful flowers.

Not to mention the well-constructed rockery courtyards and pavilions built by the water. This garden started with his father Li Wenquan, but it was finally completed in his hands, and it can be said that half of his life's hard work and most of his savings were lost in this garden.

Li Mingcheng originally thought that this garden could become the ancestral business of Marquis Wuqing, passed down from generation to generation and let future generations remember him forever.

Unexpectedly, he just complained a few words, and was robbed of the garden by the newly enthroned Emperor Chongzhen, and even wanted to drive him out of the capital.

Li Mingcheng was suddenly frightened, he naturally knew that once he was driven out of the capital, he would have nothing to do with the royal family from now on, and he would just be a rich man with no power when he returned to his hometown.

The Wuqing Marquis family, who has settled in the capital for three generations, has long been accustomed to the life of brocade clothes and food, and letting them return to their hometown to be a rich man is undoubtedly killing them.

Li Mingcheng, who had settled in the capital for three generations, finally had some roots, suddenly sobered up, and he immediately pleaded guilty to Chongzhen, handed over the deed of giving land beyond the regulations, and claimed that he was willing to donate the 50,000 silver that Chongzhen bought the garden to the imperial court to relieve the people who suffered in the mutiny in the capital.

In addition, Li Mingcheng also hurriedly contacted Zhang Guoji, who was familiar with him, and asked him to enter the palace to talk to the former queen Zhang Yan, and let Zhang Yan intercede for him and save his lordship.

After the two-pronged approach, Chongzhen finally changed his mind and demoted him to Wu Qingbo, but still took away the world voucher of the Hou Mansion.

Only then did Li Mingcheng feel that although he was not only Chongzhen's relative but also an elder since the Empress Dowager Xiaoding, the emperor obviously did not regard himself as a relative.

Since Chongzhen even said that the surname of the Ming Dynasty is Zhu Bu, if he continues to rely on the old and sell the old, I am afraid that the emperor will kill his relatives in righteousness.

Although Li Mingcheng is greedy for money, he is not confused, and he still knows that the heavenly family has no selfish feelings since ancient times. Although Chongzhen saved him some face, he did not immediately take away his title. But Li Mingcheng is almost 60 years old, how long can he be a Wu Qingbo?

Li Mingcheng sighed at the family business that was about to be lost in front of him, and his heart was like a knife for a while. He was in heartache when a rush of footsteps came from the stairs, and Li Mingcheng quickly wiped away a few tears from the corners of his eyes and tidied up his appearance.

Li Mingcheng's platform is located in the northwest of Tsinghua Park, the building is four stories high, and the top floor is a roofless platform. Standing on the platform and looking around, the beautiful scenery of the entire Tsinghua Garden can be seen at a glance, and the scenery of the rice garden in the south is also faintly visible, which is the best place to view the scenery in the Tsinghua Garden.

However, the wind is cold in winter and the weather is cold, and Li Mingcheng never went up to this platform to watch the scenery in winter. Today, he made an exception, but he came to say goodbye to the home he had built.

Being disturbed at this moment made Li Mingcheng a little unhappy. However, after seeing that it was his youngest son Li Guorui who walked up the stairs, the unhappiness in his heart suddenly dissipated.

Before he could ask, Li Guorui had not yet walked in front of his father, so he said angrily: "Father, these brocade guards are too bullying, we are only allowed to take away our belongings, not to mention, even the singers we have stored have been detained." The son would rather burn the garden with a fire than give it to the eagles and dogs..."

"Smack." Li Guorui covered his left face and looked at his father in disbelief. Li Mingcheng, whose face was pale, faintly felt that his right hand was a little painful, and he stared at Li Guorui and scolded fiercely.

"Bastard, are you trying to make our Li family ruined? Do you know what it is to speak a word of resentment against His Majesty's will? ”

Li Guorui covered his face, angry in his heart. Since he was a child, he has always been arrogant, and it was the first time he was slapped by his father.

He didn't feel any fear of his father's accusation, but said openly: "Jinyiwei is just a servant of the Zhu family, and we are relatives of the Zhu family. Doesn't Your Majesty even talk about the gift of filial piety? The Empress Dowager Xiaoding watched from the sky, won't His Majesty be punished for treating his relatives so harshly? ”

Li Guorui said the resentment in his heart regardless of it, since he learned that Chongzhen had taken away his own world bonds, he was full of evil fire in his stomach, and he didn't know how to vent it.

Although he still has an eldest brother, he is a concubine. My father pampered himself the most on weekdays, and after a hundred years, this title would inevitably fall on his head. But now Chongzhen has taken away the world certificate, which means that Wu Qingbo will end in his father's generation.

Thinking of losing his title inexplicably, Li Guorui was extremely unhappy in his heart. After being slapped by his father, he vented his anger and told the rumors in the market seriously.

Li Mingcheng was really annoyed now, he pounced on him, and hit his son on the head and face more than a dozen times, and only stopped after he was out of breath.

Li Guorui didn't dare to fight back or run away, so he had to beg for mercy while protecting his head with his hands and letting his father beat and scold. When my father stopped, the hair scarf on his head was torn somewhere, and the neat and beautiful bun was also scattered.

The prince of the Hou Mansion, who was originally a little handsome, has now become a gangster on the street, with a disheveled hair, a blue nose and a swollen face.

Seeing his father's fierce attitude of wanting to beat himself to death just now, Li Guorui finally felt scared, he ignored the snow on the platform, and knelt down as soon as his knees were weak, "The child knows that he is wrong, please calm his anger..."

Looking at this fierce and timid young son, Li Mingcheng began to doubt what he liked about him, so he spoiled him so much.

Li Mingcheng looked at his young son viciously and said, "Did you do this rumor about the Empress Dowager Xiaoding?" ”

"No, not really. How dare a child do such a rebellious thing..."Li Guorui said with a blue face and white lips. is as stupid as him, and at this time he also wants to understand what the emperor said, Jiangshan's surname is Zhu and not Li, what is the reason for this sentence.

And his father immediately bowed his knees and relented, presumably frightened by the malice of Emperor Sen Sen behind this sentence.

Li Mingcheng glanced at his once favorite son in disgust. In the past, he felt that there was no place in this son that did not match his heart. But today, he suddenly realized that there was no place for him to look comfortable with this son.

"When I get back to the city, you will confine me in my room for three months, and if I see you going out during this time, I will break your legs."

Li Mingcheng thought about it and felt that it was better not to delve into it, if this rebel really had an inexplicable connection with the rumors, then Wu Qinghou, no, it should be that Wu Qingbo's Mansion would be destroyed.

Li Mingcheng flicked his sleeves, didn't tell his son to get up, and went downstairs angrily. After listening to his father's footsteps fade away, he slowly got up from the platform and walked downstairs in despair.

Jinyi Baihu Mi Wanfang sat quite uncomfortable sitting in Ruhai Hall, he was the son of Zhaoxin Captain Jinyi Wei Baihu Miyu.

He has two elder brothers, the eldest brother Mi Wanchun was admitted to the martial arts and was finally appointed as a general in Tongzhou, and he died of illness a few years ago.

The second brother Mi Wanzhong is a calligrapher and painter on the same level as Dong Qichang, and he is also the owner of the rice garden, which is adjacent to the Wuqing Hou Qinghua Garden.

Mi Wanfang was not able to do anything civil and military, and finally inherited his father's position in the Jinyi Guard, and served as the Jinyi Guard with the general flag.

Mi Wanfang didn't pay much attention to the work of Jinyiwei, so after the years, he just got a hundred households in order.

was sent by Tian Ergeng to raid Tsinghua Garden, which made him feel a little guilty. After all, the rice garden is adjacent to the Tsinghua Garden, and the two families are also neighbors.

Although Li Mingcheng is greedy for money, he has always admired famous scholars and literati, and he is even more enthusiastic about great calligraphers and painters like Mi Wanzhong.

Because of this relationship, Mi Wanfang and the Marquis of Wuqing Mansion could not be regarded as strangers. When Li Guorui left angrily, Mi Wanfang felt that he was probably going to run into trouble on this errand.

If it is an ordinary noble family, Mi Wanfang has nothing to fear, but it is the mansion of the Marquis of Wuqing.

The Empress Dowager Xiaoding is one of the few empress dowagers in the Ming Dynasty who holds real power. And the Marquis of Wuqing and the emperor are quite high in terms of seniority, and now the emperor has a conflict with his great-grandmother's relatives, and it is more difficult for them to do these brocade guards.

Marquis Wu Qinghou may not dare to express his dissatisfaction with His Majesty's will, but if he vents his anger on the Jinyi guards who carry out the order, can the emperor protect them? Mi Wanfang can't be sure.

Just as Mi Wanfang was thinking wildly, Li Mingcheng, Marquis of Wuqing, hurriedly walked in. Without waiting for Mi Wanfang to get up and confess, Li Mingcheng had already given up his hand and said: "Xiao'er is young and ignorant, and he collided with Mi Baihu, please don't take Mi Baihu to heart." ”

Mi Wanfang hurriedly got up and saluted and said: "Marquis Li is polite, it is the recklessness of his humble duties, which makes your son angry..."

The two hurriedly exchanged a few words, and Li Mingcheng called the chief housekeeper of Tsinghua Garden and ordered: "... Everything was done according to Mi Baihu's requirements, hurry up and pack up the things, it's not early..."

Under the reprimand of Li Mingcheng, Marquis of Wuqing, the servants moved quickly, which made Mi Wanfang finally breathe a sigh of relief.

When he was busy moving outside, Li Mingcheng made tea, put down his body and beckoned Mi Wanfang to come.

After the move was about to end, Li Mingcheng pretended to be casual and asked, "... I don't know who His Majesty will let live in this Qinghua Garden. ”

Mi Wanfang immediately replied bluntly: "I heard that Your Majesty is going to open up this place into a naval officer academy..."